Paper file or holder



(No Model.)

J. B. BROWN.

PAPER PILE 0R HOLDER.

No. 409,730. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE BAILEY BROWN, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PAPER F|LE 0R HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 409,730, dated. August 27, 1889.

Application filed .Tune 17, 1889. Serial No. 314,525. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE BAILEY BROWN, a resident of Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Files -or Holders; and I do hereby d eclare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and'use the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a bill-file suit-able for various uses, which is4 easily adj ust-able, which can be readilysecured in or to a desk, table, or other article of furniture, and which can without difficulty be converted into a series of pigeon-holes of any desired number; and the invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of the improvement applied to a case. Fig. 2 is a similar View without Fig. 3 is a section on line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is amodiiication of a detail, the parts being separated. Fig. 5 is a side view of a partition on an enlarged scale, a dovetailed foot being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. G is an edge View of a partition having a chamferedfoot, and Fig. 7 is a sectional edge View of a horizontal division or partition.

The figure of reference l indicates a base, lpreferably made of wood, and provided with a dovetail groove 2.V

3 are spacing-blocks shaped to Iit the groove and made adjustable laterally therein. These spacing-blocks may, if desired, be made of various thicknesses.

et indicates vertical partitions or side supports, each with a foot shaped to enter thev groove. This foot may be made of dovetail form, as indicated at 2, Fig. 3; or it Inay be shaped as indicated in Fig. 4., and be adapted to be entered only laterally in the groove; or it may be made with straight or parallel sides and capable of being entered vertically between the spacing-blocks and the upper edges of the blocks, and the bottom edges of the partitions may be chamfered to readily permit this operation. The blocks and partitions Inay be locked in position by blocks 5, provided with tighten in g-screws G, or by other equivalent locking devices. These vertical partitions Inay each be made fast in the groove, if desired, by any well-known means.

At 7 is indicated one manner in which tiles, bills, or other articles may be held.

The movable spacing-blocks permit the spaces between the vertical partitions to be varied at will.

In Fig. 2 I have shown how by the use of horizontal partitions pigeon-holes may be produced. Two partitions 8 are each placed between two vertical partitions and inclose be* tween them a receptacle, which may be closed in front, if desired, as indicated at 10, Fig. 2.

Instead of placing the division-pieces 8 between the vertical supports 4, they may be mortised and the vertical pieces passed through them, and this form is on some accounts preferred.

Instead of bases l sliding in ways 9, as indicated in the drawings, they might obviously be hinged so as to fold up, down, or sidewise, according to location, and the improved file or bill holder can be applied to all articles of the desk, cabinet, or table form, or even to the walls of a room.

The adjustable partition or spacing blocks permit the dimensions of particular receptacles to be varied at will or to be entirely removed for cleaning. Ordinarily the partitions will have some elasticity and act as spring-holders. They Inay be made, as well as the other parts of the device, lof any suitable material, such as Wood, metal, or paper. The device is simple, efficient, and possessed of a wide range of adj ustability.

In a bill-file heretofore proposed vertical partitions were provided with depending angesoverlapping the edges of a rabbeted base and adapted to be secured in place bya rod or wire passing through apertures in said flanges. Each partition stood upon the upper surface of the base, and the above-deiscribed iianges or depending parts extended IOO made of different thicknesses, and are removable and interchangeable, whereby the distance between the partitions may be varied as desired.

Having,I thus described iny invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 'as follows:

l. A holder for bills, papers, files, and the like, consisting of a grooved base, spacingblocks fitted to the groove, and vertical partitions having each a foot adapted to enter the groove and located between the feet of adjacent partitions in said groove, and a locking device, substantially as described.

2. A holder for bills and the like, consisting` of a base provided lwith a dovetailed groove, spacing-blocks having a similar form, and vertical partitions having feet with straight sides adapted to enter between the blocks in the groove, the blocks beinglocated in the saine and between the feet of the partitions therein, substantially as described.

3. The holder for bills and the like, consisting of a grooved base, spacing-blocks, Vertical partitions, and horizontal division-partitions, the blocks and partitions being separately movable, substantially as described.

4. The holder for bills and the like, consisting of a grooved base, spacing-blocks, vertical partitions, and horizontal partitions or division-pieces mortised and fitted upon the vertical partitions, substantially as described.

5. The holder for bills and the like, consisting of the grooved base, the spacing-blocks, the vertical and horizontal partitions, and the transverse closure whereby the pigeon-holes are formed and inclosed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE BAILEY BROVN.

Vitn esses:

J No. D. MILLER, THos. l-I. CUMMINGs. 

